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Principle Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\u00a0 Manish Bais<\/strong>, DVM, PhD.<\/em><\/p>\n

W202A, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118<\/span><\/p>\n

617-638-4339;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bmanish@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Profile<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lab Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Amit Kumar Chakraborty, <\/strong>MSc, PhD.<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Associate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rajnikant Dilip Raut,<\/strong> MSc, PhD.<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Associate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cheyleann Del Valle-Ponce De Leon, <\/strong>BSN<\/p>\n

PhD Candidate <\/em>in Biomolecular Pharmacology Program<\/p>\n

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Madi Almadi<\/strong><\/p>\n

DSc Student<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chumki Choudhury, <\/strong>MSc<\/p>\n

Visiting Scholar<\/em><\/p>\n

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Haripriya Ramasamy<\/strong><\/div>\n
BDS, MSc Oral Biology<\/div>\n
PhD student<\/em> in Orofacial and Skeletal biology program<\/div>\n

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Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Saleh Alghufaili<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSD Endodontic student (2024-2025)<\/p>\n

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Kisa Iqbal<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSD Endodontic student (2022-2023)<\/p>\n

Worked on LSD1 in oral cancer to finish thesis dissertation.<\/p>\n

First winner of Hatton Competition Award, IADR 2023, Bogota Columbial for abstract”LSD1-Induced Signaling Mechanisms Inhibition Sensitizes Oral Cancer for Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy’ (https:\/\/www.iadr.org\/about\/news-reports\/press-releases\/iadr-announces-2023-hatton-competition-winners<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> Winner in Junior category at AADOCR Hatton Competition 2023 in Portland, OR\u00a0 for abstract”LSD1-Induced Signaling Mechanisms Inhibition Sensitizes Oral Cancer for Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy’ (https:\/\/www.aadocr.org\/about\/news-reports\/press-releases\/aadocr-announces-2023-aadocr-hatton-competition-and-award-winners<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Faiza Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n

DSc Endodontic student (2018-2021)<\/p>\n

LOXL2 in cartilage regeneration and Osteoarthritis. Finish thesis research in May 2022. Co-author 4 scientific papers.<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> winner of best presentation Hinman International award of 2021<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> winner of Best Presentation Science day award 2021<\/p>\n

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Michael Diny<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSD Endodontic student (2020-2021)<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> winner of best presentation AADR Boston Chapter Award 2021<\/p>\n

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Thabet Alhousami<\/strong><\/p>\n

DSc Endodontic student (2017-2020)<\/p>\n

Epigenetic targeting of LSD1 in oral cancer<\/p>\n

Finished thesis in 2021.<\/p>\n

Lead author to Molecular Cancer Research paper 2022<\/p>\n

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Mustafa Tashkandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

DSc Periodontology student (2016-2019), current Faculty Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

Genetic and epigenetic regulation of LOXL2 in TMJ\/Knee osteoarthritis<\/p>\n

Published studies in Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 (PMID: 28764769<\/a>) and Scientific Reports 2021.<\/p>\n

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Saqer Alsaqer<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSD student (2015-2016):<\/p>\n

The role of LOXL2 in TMJ and knee Osteoarthritis<\/p>\n

Published studies in Oncotarget. 2017 (PMID: 28778066) and\u00a0 co-authored 3 more studies.<\/p>\n

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Weam Alshenibr<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2015-2016)<\/p>\n

Evaluating role of LOXL2 in TMJ Osteoarthritis<\/p>\n

Submitted the thesis to GSDM and published study Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 (PMID: 28764769<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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